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Life and Death in a Roman City
A Simmonds
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Paperback. The cemeteries around Roman Gloucester remain as windows through which the past populations of the town and preceding fortresses may be studied. Excavations by Oxford Archaeology in London Road between 2004 and 2006 revealed substantial parts of one of these cemeteries, at Wotton, lying by one of the main Roman roads east of the town. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations, some colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 298 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 758.
The cemeteries around Roman Gloucester remain as windows through which the past populations of the town and preceding fortresses may be studied. Excavations by Oxford Archaeology in London Road between 2004 and 2006 revealed substantial parts of one of these cemeteries, at Wotton, lying by one of the main Roman roads east of the town. In addition to the nine cremation and 64 inhumation burials, a rare mass grave was found of at least 91 individuals, possibly victims of the Antonine Plague which swept the Roman Empire during the later 2nd century ... Read more
The cemeteries around Roman Gloucester remain as windows through which the past populations of the town and preceding fortresses may be studied. Excavations by Oxford Archaeology in London Road between 2004 and 2006 revealed substantial parts of one of these cemeteries, at Wotton, lying by one of the main Roman roads east of the town. In addition to the nine cremation and 64 inhumation burials, a rare mass grave was found of at least 91 individuals, possibly victims of the Antonine Plague which swept the Roman Empire during the later 2nd century ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford Archaeology United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904220490
SKU
V9780904220490
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About A Simmonds
Dr Louise Loe is Honorary Research Associate at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK and Head of Burials at Oxford Archaeology. She has worked on archaeological burial investigations in Britain, France and Malta, and is the co-author of Living and Dying in Southwark 1587-1831: Excavations at Cure's College Burial Ground, Park Street (2017), ‘Given to the Ground’ (2014), ... Read more
Reviews for Life and Death in a Roman City
Very well illustrated... clearly written and provides some really important insights into Roman urban archaeology, and the identity and lives of some people from Roman Gloucester.'
British Archaeology British Archaeology ...a comprehensive report... well structured and clearly and informatively written. It is impressive that such a wide range of scientific techniques has been applied...'
Journal of Archaeological Science ... Read more
British Archaeology British Archaeology ...a comprehensive report... well structured and clearly and informatively written. It is impressive that such a wide range of scientific techniques has been applied...'
Journal of Archaeological Science ... Read more